Virtual Desktop Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Virtual Desktop
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Virtual Desktop skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 - 77
Rank change year-on-year - - +30
Contract jobs citing Virtual Desktop 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.32% - 0.22%
As % of the System Software category 3.64% - 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £253
25th Percentile £625 - £284
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £373
75th Percentile £675 - £464
90th Percentile - - £498
Scotland median daily rate £650 £550 £480
% change year-on-year +18.18% +14.58% +45.45%

All System Software Skills
Edinburgh

Virtual Desktop falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 55 48 100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 8.89% 7.91% 11.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 29 59
10th Percentile £306 £204 £198
25th Percentile £425 £250 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £440 £490
Median % change year-on-year +8.08% -10.31% +3.16%
75th Percentile £538 £497 £547
90th Percentile £675 £591 £750
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 11
10th Percentile - £70.50 £60.00
25th Percentile - £71.25 £60.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £72.50 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +19.83% +241.42%
75th Percentile - £73.75 £60.75
90th Percentile - £74.50 -
Scotland median hourly rate £75.00 £72.50 £60.50
% change year-on-year +3.45% +19.83% +241.42%

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Virtual Desktop relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Virtual Desktop job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Virtual Desktop
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Virtual Desktop.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Virtual Desktop

Virtual Desktop
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Virtual Desktop.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Virtual Desktop

Virtual Desktop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) VXLAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Aruba
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Veeam
1 1 (50.00%) VMware